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  2. List of used book conditions - Wikipedia

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    List of used book conditions. The set of terms below were proposed in 1949 by AB Bookman's Weekly. They were adopted by the bookselling community and are still in use today. [ 1][ 2][ 3] As new means that the book is in the state that it should have been in when it left the publisher. This is the equivalent of mint condition in numismatics.

  3. List of book distributors - Wikipedia

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    D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers. Follett Corporation. Greenleaf Book Group, distributor and hybrid publisher. Heroes World Distribution, owned by Marvel Comics. Independent Publishers Group, owned by Chicago Review Press. Ingram Content Group. Publishers Group West. Two Rivers (formerly Perseus Distribution) Last Gasp.

  4. Jewish greetings - Wikipedia

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    Hebrew. This form of greeting was traditional among the Ashkenazi Jewish communities of Eastern Europe. The appropriate response is " Aleichem Shalom " (עֲלֵיכֶם שָׁלוֹם) or "Upon you be peace." (cognate with the Arabic-language "assalamu alaikum" meaning "The peace [of ] be upon you.)" L'hitraot.

  5. Spanglish - Wikipedia

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    Spanglish (a portmanteau of the words "Spanish" and "English") is any language variety (such as a contact dialect, hybrid language, pidgin, or creole language) that results from conversationally combining Spanish and English. The term is mostly used in the United States and refers to a blend of the words and grammar of the two languages.

  6. Spanish dialects and varieties - Wikipedia

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    Spanish is a language with a "T–V distinction" in the second person, meaning that there are different pronouns corresponding to "you" which express different degrees of formality. In most varieties, there are two degrees, namely "formal" and "familiar" (the latter is also called "informal").

  7. Man's Search for Meaning - Wikipedia

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    Man's Search for Meaning is a 1946 book by Viktor Frankl chronicling his experiences as a prisoner in Nazi concentration camps during World War II, and describing his psychotherapeutic method, which involved identifying a purpose to each person's life through one of three ways: the completion of tasks, caring for another person, or finding meaning by facing suffering with dignity.

  8. Response to sneezing - Wikipedia

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    1912 illustration. In English -speaking countries, the common verbal response to another person's sneeze is " [God] bless you ", or, less commonly in the United States and Canada, "Gesundheit", the German word for health (and the response to sneezing in German-speaking countries). There are several proposed bless-you origins for use in the ...

  9. This Book Is Not Good for You - Wikipedia

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    This Book Is Not Good for You. This Book Is Not Good for You is a book by anonymous author Pseudonymous Bosch. It is part of the "Secret Series", a pentalogy of books written by Bosch, and is the sequel to The Name of This Book is Secret and If You're Reading This, It's Too Late. [1] In the story, a famous chef named Señor Hugo captures Cass's ...